by Carlo | Jul 25, 2011 | Blog, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand
This is the first of two posts in which I’ve been asked give some information about. The other one will be about what I’ve packed in my backpack to last me for the seven months on this trip. Food! Well I’ve certainly eaten my fair share of it since arriving in Asia....Tags: backpacking, food, photo, travel
by Carlo | Jul 22, 2011 | Blog, Thailand
“The Full Moon Party is held on Haad Rin’s eastern beach and for those who haven’t been….the party is INSANE! During peak season up to 30,000 revelers descend on Koh Phangan from throughout Asia and further afield to party hard from dusk ‘till dawn in front of massive...Tags: backpacking, full moon, island, thailand
by Carlo | Jul 22, 2011 | Blog, Thailand
Before I forget, the Full Moon blog report is here. I wanted to give it its own blog update, rather than having this update too long. Also I’ve included a short video clip below from around Koh Phangan. After a long twelve hour bus/boat journey from Patong in Phuket...Tags: backpacking, elephants, scared, thailand
by Carlo | Jul 16, 2011 | Blog, Thailand
We landed in Phuket from Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday afternoon for three days which started and ended with some drama. We got a taxi from the airport into Phuket town and when we got out of the taxi Aileen discovered that she hadn’t her purse! Panic quickly set in as she...Tags: ladyboy, patong, phuket, thailand
by Carlo | Jun 9, 2011 | Blog, Thailand
Well we finally made it over to Asia, arriving in Bangkok Tuesday afternoon local time. It was a long haul to get here especially with the 6 hour lay over in Istanbul to add to the 13 hours of flying time. The flight from Istanbul to Bangkok was an overnight one and...Tags: bangkok, thailand
by Carlo | Jan 19, 2009 | Blog, Kenya, Thailand, Volunteer Work
Its 7pm on Friday and I’m here writing this at our hostel in Arusha. We arrived yesterday from Nairobi after 8 hours of a pure and utter hell of a bus journey. The main road from Nairobi to Arusha is nothing more than a dirt road. Imagine 8 hours of constant jumping...
